1 Maternal Health in Afghanistan Introduction Six years ago‚ the reality of Afghanistan’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) sent shockwaves through the international health community‚ and resolving the issue became a key priority in the interim government’s strategy. The poor state of maternal health in Afghanistan is due to a range of medical factors as well as social‚ political‚ economic and environmental determinants. To address the situation‚ Afghanistan’s Ministry of Health (MoH) introduced
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Annihilation of Caste: One More Look by Dr. L. Jawahar Nesan Contents 1. Prologue 2. The evolution of the caste system and its current status 3. Annihilation of caste: the old thesis 3. Annihilation of caste: the New theory 4. Who should lead the revolution? 5. Post-revolution integration Prologue I am neither a sociologist nor an anthropologist but a student of the human society and for being that I leave the choice to the readers that they can assign me under any terminological category
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Environmental issues in Afghanistan Kapisa province Environmental issues in Afghanistan predate the political turmoil of the past few decades. Forests and wetlands have been depleted by centuries of grazing and farming‚ practices which have only increased with modern population growth. In Afghanistan‚ environmental conservation and economic concerns are not at odds; with 80% of the population dependent on herding or farming‚ the welfare of the environment is critical to the economic welfare of
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core of indian culture‚ the caste system. Instead they supported it and upheld it. The caste system was one of the biggest religious and cultural practices of the Indians‚ which was predominantly Hindu. The caste system is based on the fact that the caste or social class in society that one is born to‚ is based on a
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issue. This said problem is considered a result of its caste system. The Caste system divides people of India into four groups. This system decides for Indian people what they should do for living for their entire life. The Caste system did help the Indian society to be structured and organized. However‚ the system in the modern days was only an obstacle for India. It is considered as one of the most dehumanizing systems the world. The caste system is making a big gap between the rich and the poor
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Human rights in Afghanistan The situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan is a topic of some controversy and conflict. While the Taliban were well known for numerous human rights abuses‚ several human rights violations continue to take place in the post-Taliban government era.[citation needed] Post Taliban The Bonn Agreement of 2001 established the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) as a national human rights institution to protect and promote human rights and to investigate human
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War in Afghanistan and Iraq The United States of American is the greatest country in the world and because of that‚ the attraction for terrorism is always a concern. On September 11‚ 2001‚ the concern became reality when the world trade centers were attacked by terrorists and as a result‚ thousands of Americans lost their lives. America reacted by launching anti-Taliban operations‚ the first starting in Iraq then in Afghanistan. The first mission was Operation Iraqi Freedom. The purpose of this
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resemblance to ours. Afghanistan has snow-dusted and jagged mountains. Some of the mountains have jagged edges‚ and some have dull edges and have a snow-dusted top. Afghanistan has extremely hot summers and very cold winters. climate is 90% F in summer and can get to 25 F in winter because of the climate‚ they don’t have very many animals that live around therefore they have to buy‚ sell‚ and grow vegetables and fruits for food. About 14.5 million people live in afghanistan. their population comes
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practice in Afghanistan‚ and according to Afghans who have studied bacha bazi or have even taken part in it‚ bacha bazi has continued to expand over the past decade. Bacha bazi also remains a poorly understood issue in Afghanistan because there are no sound statistics to express the full extent of the practice. In fact‚ Afghan government officials‚ law enforcement‚ and judicial officials have a limited understanding of human trafficking in general. Although bacha bazi is illegal in Afghanistan‚ it is
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Introduction India’s Caste System‚ a system of social stratification‚ began with the idea of keeping peace and order throughout India. Though as time passed‚ it has created a pernicious effect that restricted the growth and potentiality of a person. As such‚ the caste system is a barrier (ie. a glass ceiling) to the development of a person in a social‚ economic‚ and political manner that will continue to burden the country in the future. As time passes and nothing has significantly improved‚ the
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